Mangroves — Area from MODIS in South America
South America: Mangroves — Area from MODIS was 5,818 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Mangroves — Area from MODIS in South America, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2024, mangroves — area from modis in South America stood at 5,818 1000 ha. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is down 7.1% on the previous year and down 15.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mangroves — area from modis in South America peaked at 10,670 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 5,818 1000 ha, in 2024.
South America ranks 4th of 26 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Mangroves — Area from MODIS in South America, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 10,670 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 7,648 1000 ha | -28.3% |
| 2003 | 6,806 1000 ha | -11.0% |
| 2004 | 6,492 1000 ha | -4.6% |
| 2005 | 6,315 1000 ha | -2.7% |
| 2006 | 6,457 1000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 6,601 1000 ha | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 6,871 1000 ha | +4.1% |
| 2009 | 6,840 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 6,737 1000 ha | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 6,840 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 6,831 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 6,800 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 6,848 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 6,718 1000 ha | -1.9% |
| 2016 | 6,370 1000 ha | -5.2% |
| 2017 | 6,404 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 6,533 1000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 6,504 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 6,309 1000 ha | -3.0% |
| 2021 | 6,314 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 6,430 1000 ha | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 6,262 1000 ha | -2.6% |
| 2024 | 5,818 1000 ha | -7.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Mangroves — Area from MODIS in South America changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | -28.3% | 10,670 1000 ha | 7,648 1000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7,189 1000 ha | 6,315 1000 ha | 10,670 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 6,659 1000 ha | 6,370 1000 ha | 6,848 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,227 1000 ha | 5,818 1000 ha | 6,430 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 1 Indonesia 5,114 1000 ha compare
- 2 Brazil 3,717 1000 ha compare
- 3 Papua New Guinea 1,403 1000 ha compare
- 3 Melanesia 1,763 1000 ha compare
- 4 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,095 1000 ha compare
- 4 Australia and New Zealand 1,200 1000 ha compare
- 5 Nigeria 1,147 1000 ha compare
- 5 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 487.34 1000 ha compare
- 6 Philippines 970.67 1000 ha compare
- 6 Viet Nam 406.35 1000 ha compare
- 7 Australia 891.34 1000 ha compare
- 7 United Republic of Tanzania 156.7 1000 ha compare
More environment data for South America
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.98 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -6.52 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.218 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.23 °C (2025)
- Roundwood — Production 477.72 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood, non-coniferous — Production 379.32 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood, coniferous — Production 98.40 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Export value 589,290 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood — Export quantity 4.28 million m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mangroves — area from modis in South America?
- Mangroves — area from modis in South America was 5,818 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest mangroves — area from modis recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 10,670 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest mangroves — area from modis recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,818 1000 ha in 2024.
- How does South America rank for mangroves — area from modis?
- South America ranks 4th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is mangroves — area from modis rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this South America data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Mangroves — Area from MODIS. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.